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What’s life like in Venezuela right now?Over the next seven hours, Contreras’s mission — making Venezuela look good — made Sean Spicer look like a man with an easy and relaxing job. But I was glad to have him: The Venezuelan government has shut off virtually all access to independent media, which officials like Foreign Minister Delcy Rodríguez say is responsible for creating an image of “hysteria” in the country abroad. At home, too, the images shown on state-run television networks and what is happening on the street are wildly disconnected.

Before I take a trip, I like to read novels set there. I’m finally reading this and it is AMAZING. Like, I’m going to buy a copy to own and I’m trying to pressure everyone I know to read it so we can discuss it.

Over in our Money & Happy Facebook group, we discovered that two things are not common knowledge:
1. If you work with a financial planner it should be a fee-only financial planner, not one who takes a percentage. (Suze Orman explains why here)
2. Your employer can’t stop you from talking about your salary with your co-workers. It’s illegal.

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